“TestLeft is great and is exactly what we need in
a testing solution. TestLeft basically integrates everything we were
previously doing into Visual Studio and is easy to use and also keeps
the test code simple.”

As software quality standards rise to new levels, coupled with demands
for frequent release cycles, so does the need for faster, scalable
testing. Bringing test activities earlier in the software development
cycle has caused a “shift
left movement” for many organizations to identify issues sooner.
Software defects found in the development phase cost 15 times less than
when found in QA and 100
times less than when found in production, which results in
significant cost savings for quality teams. TestLeft and Hiptest both
enable modern software teams to accelerate continuous
testing and shifting left.

“One of the greatest barriers to successful DevOps execution is
continuous, Agile testing,” said IDC
Agile ALM Research Director, Melinda-Carol
Ballou. “SmartBear is seeking to address the ways in which
organizations are straightjacketed in this area with both this latest
update to TestLeft and its recent Hiptest acquisition, which are
synergistic and will broaden the overall SmartBear portfolio.”

With TestLeft, teams practicing BDD can now accelerate their shift left
movement by connecting feature file definitions from user requirements
in the design phase with TestLeft automated tests – seamlessly bringing
all members of a development lifecycle together to dramatically improve
software quality. One hundred percent of TestLeft beta users embracing
BDD said they were able to set up TestLeft easily and found value in
using TestLeft with BDD.

Jonathan
Meyer, Software Test Engineer at BioFire
Diagnostics, said, “TestLeft is great and is exactly what we need in
a testing solution. TestLeft basically integrates everything we were
previously doing into Visual Studio and is easy to use and also keeps
the test code simple.”

TestLeft significantly saves time for even the most technical automation
engineers by automatically searching for their objects and functions
instead of manually writing them in script.

Ryan
Lloyd, Vice President of Products, Test and Development at
SmartBear, said, “Our product portfolio addressees the testing needs for
both technical and non-technical users, pushing the envelope on software
quality by not limiting teams to one approach for automation. TestLeft
addresses the growing needs for advanced testers looking to start
testing earlier in the development lifecycle and embracing DevOps.”

In addition to BDD support, TestLeft also includes the ability to create
automated functional tests in any Java IDE, expanding to an even broader
group of software developers. Automation engineers can run these tests
from Jenkins, Maven, Java unit testing frameworks, any Java IDE, and
many other ways. Other features include enhanced reporting and test logs
for faster time to resolution and built-in samples to help new
automation testers get started with TestLeft even faster.

Supporting more than six million software professionals and over 22,000
companies in 194 countries, SmartBear is the leader in software quality
tools for teams. The company’s products help deliver the highest quality
and best performing software possible while helping teams ship code at
nearly impossible velocities. With products for API testing, UI testing,
code review and performance monitoring across mobile, web and desktop
applications, SmartBear equips every development, testing and operations
team member with the tools to ensure quality at every stage of the
software cycle. For more information, visit: http://smartbear.com,
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